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May 15, 2013

Flower Placemats and Weekly Eats

Happy Hump Day!!!

Here’s what we have been noshing on this week! Notice the reoccurring placemats. We have 2 striped ones and two flowers. I guess I only eat with the flowers!

Let’s start with breakfasts:

Oatmeal with PEANUT BUTTER TOAST CRUNCH – talk about processed, sugary GREATNESS. Paired with an apple and, of course, coffee!

Pancakes (egg, banana and cinnamon) with frozen fruit microwaved and smashed.

Dinners:

A take on chicken parm: spaghetti squash, spaghetti sauce, cheese, and chicken!

First time eating a Saladworks! Buffalo chicken salad and tortilla soup. Both were super yummy!

First grilled chicken of the season Smile BBQ chicken, corn, and sweet tater!

Travis passed his Praxis test (for science teaching!) and I felt good about my interview so we went to Ruby Tuesday’s yesterday for dinner. Favorite salad ever! Thanks for the well wishes on my interview! No placemat there haha.

Turns out that my lunches are always boring: salad. But at least I’ve had yummy cookies for dessert. I was inspired by Liz and Alysia!

Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies

1 cup oats
2 ripe bananas
~1/4 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients together well, spoon onto a greased baking sheet, and bake for 15 minutes. The end. Easy as pie (or cookies in this case…). I got 12 nice-sized cookies out of it, for approximately 50 calories each!

Nothing too special this week. I have been lacking motivation to make food with coaching and this interview on the mind. I see a lot more Crock Pot meals in our future!

Check out Jenn’s blog to see what others have been eating lately in the weekly What I Ate Wednesday link-up!

What’s your favorite type of cookie? My all-time favorite is gingerbread!

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May 13, 2013

Monday Miscellaneous

Good morning, and happy Monday!

I hope you all had a great weekend, especially all of you mommas out there. Although I didn’t get to see my own mom, I got to see my future mother-in-law. Thankfully, I saw my mom last week! Here’s a candid from about 10 years ago. Love ya, Mama!

This past weekend was pretty random. It started on a sad note when I saw this turtle get run over on my way home from work Sad smile

We went to Starbucks happy hour to make up for how sad I was over the turtle.

I also got a lot crossed off of my never-ending to-do list. The house is clean, my inbox is cleared, and lots of little things have been completed. I feel productive! We also showed Trav’s mom around the area a bit. It was nice to spend time with his family, and we enjoyed a good meal, too Smile

I honestly think that I had the best chicken sandwich I’ve ever tasted. We went to the Irish Penny with his parents. It’s a restaurant that just opened in Salisbury, and I give it a hundred thumbs up.

Grilled chicken with provolone and bacon on a PRETZEL ROLL. With their chips on the side. Ah-mazing.

I also meal planned for the week. Because I am starting to coach TODAY, I needed easy things that Travis can make himself without much thought. My practice is from 4-7, and we typically eat early around 5, so he will be eating alone 3 days a week.

Monday: Crockpot Buffalo Chicken (coaching)

Tuesday: Turkey meatloaf – no recipe yet…

Wednesday: Chicken sausage, rice, and salad/veggies (coaching)

Thursday: Turkey burgers and veggies (coaching)

Friday: leftovers or out to eat!

Andddd, here’s a picture of Rexy for ya!

Off to work I go. And then it’s off to practice! Yay! Smile Hope you have a great Monday!

What was your favorite part of the weekend?

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May 8, 2013

Weekly Eats!

Thank you all so much for the awesome comments on my race recap yesterday! So happy to have another race under my belt, and I’m itchy to run again! Legs need to lose some soreness and I hope to hit the road or trail soon!

As per usual, I typically wait until Wednesday to fill you in on my eats! Today is no exception! Let’s start with last week. We made a trip to Sam’s last weekend and found the most amazing chicken ever. Spinach and artichoke STUFFED CHICKEN. Oh my goodness – talk about amazing!

Paired with some carrots and a salad … simply perfect.

Follow it up with another Sam’s find: FROYO! Perfect size and mighty tasty Smile

On the way to Pittsburgh, I fueled up for the long drive with some Wawa coffee!

Horrible picture alert! After the race, not only did I down so many tortilla chips, but I had a chicken mole burrito at Mad Mex. LOVE THEIR FOOD SO MUCH!

On the way back from Pittsburgh, we stopped at Wendy’s. ALL I wanted was a plain baked potato with ketchup, but they didn’t have any baked potatoes Sad smile . I got their new grilled chicken flatbread, without the ranch dressing and with ketchup. It had a piece of asiago, a piece of bacon, chicken, and lettuce. Pretty delicious for fast food!

Last night we had Taco Tuesday! Turkey tacos with rice, olives, peppers, corn, lettuce, and cheese! Sooo yummy Smile

As per usual, I had a salad for lunch pretty much every day, and I had either eggs or oatmeal for breakfast. I think you can make out what that looks like!

That’s all for this week’s What I Ate Wednesday. More pictures will come your way next week!

What’s the best thing you’ve had to eat lately?